Singular Visitation by a Canary Bird.
A poor man at Hamburgh was to be buried— four men bore the coffin, and the wife followed. They had some difficulty in passing through a narrow lane: the way was straight—not a sunbeam found its way down there. It was only when fliey had emerged into the broader streets that tins sunlight fell on the humble coffin. I heard a story about this funeral, which is as poetically touching as it is true. Within this narrow street, high up in an equally narrow chamber, lay this poor corpse—the wife sat and wept over it —she knew of no expedient to get it buried —she had no means. The window stood open, when a canary bird flew into the room, and settled at the head of the corpse, where it began to sing. It made a strange impression on the woman—she could weep no longer, for she imagined it must have come down to her from the Lord. The bird was tame—it allowed itself to be caught directly j and as she related the circumstance to a neighbour, and showed her the bird, the woman remembered that she had shortly before read an advertisement in the newspapers about a canary bird that had flown away from its home. It was the same biid ; and tfre woman, on restoring it to its owners, found their humane hearts, who rendered her such assistance as enabled her to bury the dead.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 8, 12 April 1849, Page 4
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244Singular Visitation by a Canary Bird. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 8, 12 April 1849, Page 4
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